Simulation of crack propagation in fiber-reinforced concrete by fracture mechanics

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-339

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Li, Victor C ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Fiber reinforcement; Mechanical properties; Micromechanics; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STEEL; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (LEFM); STRESS-CRACK MOUTH OPENING DISPLACEMENT (CMOD) DIAGRAMS;

CONCRETES;

EID: 0742289979     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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